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Where does “Rho” come from?
Rho (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓.
Rho
(Italian): rho Greek letter
Definitions
rho Greek letter
Ancestry of “Rho”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ancient Greek
ῥῶ
rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of...
2
Phoenician
𐤓
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